2/25/13
Western World in Modern Times
Mid-Term (Wednesday March 6, 2013)
Multiple Choice
True/False
Definitions
Short Answer
Review will be on Monday March 4, 2013
Lecture
Race wasnt brought up into the social conversation until the 17th century.
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2/6/13
Western World in Modern Times
Bartolome de las Casas
Transatlantic Slave Trade
hewers of wood and drawers of water.
Haiti Revolution
One drop rule (Anglo European Idea)
Racism A History (BBC Documentary)
17th century racism really emerges
In Americ

4/1/13
Western World in Modern Times
The Great War (aka WWI) and the Russian Revolution (1914 1919)
Berlin Conference resulted in the carving up of Africa. Also establishing ground rules on
how they will establish their turf.
Serbia and Balkans
Balkans na

3/25/13
Western World in Modern Times
United States Westward Expansion
Settler Colonies
American Exceptionalism idea of a city on a Hill, eyes of the world are upon,
shining example Everyone is going to look at them and want to immolate them.
Search for m

2/4/13
Western World in Modern Times
Absolutism a political philosophy. The growth of state power is significant. This idea was
around mainly during the 16th and 17th century. The countries France, Spain are associated with
this idea.
Constitutionalism Th

Gibbons 1
Kelli Gibbons Dr. Lauren Kempton Genocide in Modern Times 15 March 2008 Movie Paper: Hotel Rwanda For the movie assignment I watched to emotional movie Hotel Rwanda. The movie is based on the real life events of a man named Paul Rusesabagi

Question # 2
Causes of scientific revolution: 1) By the thirteenths century, permanent universities with professors and large student bodies had been established in Western Europe to train lawyers, doctors and church leaders. Medieval philosophers pu